The Salomon Sense Experience 5 ($140) takes a lot of what’s cherished from the earlier model of this widespread shoe and improves on just a few key areas. An amazing all-arounder shoe, it has fairly low-profile lugs on the outsole, an improved midsole with 8 millimeters of heel-to-toe drop that gives a variety of cushion for a fairly low stack peak of 29 millimeters on the heel and 21 millimeters on the toe, in addition to an engineered mesh higher and padded tongue with simply the correct quantity of assist. The Sense Experience 5 weighs a claimed 10.3 ounces (293 grams) for a U.S. males’s 9.
On this video evaluation, iRunFar’s Travis Liles takes a deep dive into this shoe, which can be an ideal possibility for folks in search of a do-it-all shoe who’ve higher-volume ft that don’t all the time match into Salomon’s narrower fashions.
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Salomon Sense Experience 5 Evaluate Transcript
Hey, and welcome to Path Trials, the video evaluation part of iRunFar. My identify is Travis Liles. On this video we’re wanting on the Salomon Sense Experience 5. Let’s test it out.
Let’s begin off with the fundamentals. Salomon describes this shoe as a do-it-all shoe, very versatile, prepared for something, from brief and quick to ultramarathon distance. It has an 8-millimeter heel-to-toe drop with a stack peak of 21 millimeters on the toe and 29 millimeters on the heel. It weighs about 295 grams in a males’s measurement 9, which equates to 10.3 ounces, so it’s undoubtedly a mid-weight shoe.
The lugs are 3.5 millimeters in depth. It’s acquired an up to date experience, or cushion, from the earlier model.
Let’s rise up shut and private and speak about what these updates are and the way this shoe performs.
The Salomon Sense Experience 5. All images: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Salomon Sense Experience 5 Outsole
From an outsole standpoint, the Salomon Sense Experience 5 has pretty commonplace low-profile lugs, basic terrain I might say. For roads, trails, no matter. It does just a little little bit of every thing, however it’s not targeted essentially at something particularly. It’s simply very well-rounded.
The lug patterning within the again is for braking, so a forward-facing total lug sample.
After which as you progress towards the center, you may see there’s just a little little bit of a spot the place there aren’t any lugs, after which it transitions to rearward-facing lugs. These lugs are very a lot for climbing, and you may even see some very particular lugs right here within the center with this triangle and just a little little bit of a divot in there. The aim of that’s that as you’re climbing, if the terrain is muddy or unfastened, that it will accumulate just a little bit in there and add some further traction. I don’t know you can completely really feel that particularly as you might be shifting round in them.
Total, I believe this outsole excels in a variety of issues, except actually slick, easy sorts of issues — assume strolling throughout a log over a creek or a rock that’s calmly moist. There’s not a large amount of friction that will get created right here, so it’s very slick. I might even say typically on the white line on a street if you happen to’re street operating, the traction is not going to be nice.
However for every thing else, this general-purpose outsole works rather well in quite a lot of circumstances.
The outsole of the Salomon Sense Experience 5.
Salomon Sense Experience 5 Midsole
Alright, shifting on to the midsole of the Salomon Sense Experience 5. One of many areas the place this shoe has been up to date from the Salomon Sense Experience 4 is totally within the midsole materials — see our Salomon Sense Experience 4 evaluation to study extra about that model.
The Salomon Sense Experience 4 had an actual vibration to it, nearly to the purpose the place something over about 15 miles for me, my ft had been actually, actually drained. I’m blissful to say that’s been up to date. It is a softer compound, or no less than extra power environment friendly. It undoubtedly looks like no matter’s been executed right here to vary the way it rides makes it far more snug.
You possibly can run on the street, you may run on the path, you may run a variety of completely different situations over a variety of completely different distances, and that foot fatigue that I skilled within the earlier model within the Sense Experience 4 is gone. That is undoubtedly a greater, extra rounded midsole.
And when it comes to what this midsole is, it’s thought-about reasonable however not too stiff. And I might say while you evaluate it to different kinds of midsoles, it’s really very reminiscent to me of some Hokas. It’s bizarre to say of a shoe that doesn’t have a giant stack, however it’s acquired the same foam kind of really feel that Hokas do. It’s type of squishy. You possibly can see my thumb right here, actually capable of sink into it. It’s additionally bouncy and rubbery and has some power return. You possibly can see that each in tactile really feel and likewise when you’re carrying it in your foot.
It’s single density foam all the best way round, so that you’re not any kind of pronation management or something like that. The one factor that you could be discover is just a little little bit of the toe arising, so there’s a springy experience to it. You do have a little bit of a rocker kind of really feel.
It’s not tremendous pronounced, however it’s an 8-millimeter drop shoe, so it does sit up just a little bit greater within the again than perhaps the sector, if you’ll, of path trainers. However I don’t actually discover that 8-millimeter drop on this shoe. It feels pretty controllable with pretty good floor really feel regardless of perhaps a higher-than-normal heel-to-toe drop than I’m used to.
A lateral view of the Salomon Sense Experience 5.
Salomon Sense Experience 5 Higher
From an higher standpoint, the Salomon Sense Experience 5 makes use of engineered mesh. I’ll say that compared to some engineered mesh that I’ve encountered earlier than, this can be a lot stiffer, which is good. I believe among the engineered mesh that’s in street footwear may be very, very stretchy and never very relevant to path trainers. I believe it’s too stretchy and your foot strikes round so much. None of this for my foot. Once more, slim heel, extensive forefoot.
This shoe is ready to lock down. I don’t really feel any of this mesh giving means, however it’s additionally not so stiff that it’s cumbersome in that vary. I believe a pleasant quantity of mesh on right here that’s breathable, that lets water get out and lets your foot do its factor. It’s not so stretchy and over-engineered that it’s actually solely viable in a street shoe the place you’re not sharply turning round corners and issues like that.
This does have the Sensifit on it. You possibly can see that via right here. Principally, it’s similar to a variety of different footwear the place the overlays on the skin have corresponding anchor factors to the laces, after which while you pull that every one tight, it creates this wrap round your foot. There’s no stitching on these items, it’s laminated onto the higher itself. The laces are the well-known Salomon pull-tab lacing system to essentially lock every thing down.
You possibly can see it from the underside that that is very a lot a typical match for a Salomon. Numerous their different footwear are very slim, particularly via this center a part of the foot and the heel. That is extra of a typical match. For those who want just a little bit wider match, this shoe falls into that.
From a tongue standpoint, it’s pretty skinny, however it’s gusseted, so that you get a pleasant wrap right here and sufficient cushion to maintain the laces from feeling like they’re urgent in your foot. The tongue is padded all the best way down and it covers the entire foot, so you may crank this down just a little bit with out feeling an excessive amount of stress on the highest of your foot.
It has the lace storage, so that when you pull your footwear tight you may type of tuck that away and maintain all of it just a little bit cleaner.
From a heel cup standpoint, it’s pretty versatile, which is good. There’s just a little little bit of rigidity towards the underside half, however it’s pretty gentle. You possibly can see I’m pushing down via all of that. However I nonetheless felt I used to be capable of get a superb heel lock down with this shoe. There’s pretty good padding within the heel collar and kind of a deep cup because it extends again, so it creates a pleasant little carriage behind my foot.
I’ve a little bit of a slim heel, and this locked down greater than adequately. I really didn’t even give it some thought, which is an efficient signal total.
The very last thing I’ll name out is that this shoe was white once I acquired it. I’m undecided concerning the viability of white path trainers. They give the impression of being cool the primary time. I do like white typically, it’s enjoyable to race in, however this one’s a tough one to maintain clear. For those who prefer to maintain your footwear clear, perhaps keep away from the white one.
The medial view of the Salomon Sense Experience 5.
Salomon Sense Experience 5 Total Impressions
I believe what you’ve acquired right here is just about what Salomon describes on their web site. The Salomon Sense Experience 5 shouldn’t be a specific-job shoe the place it’s simply meant to go quick, or it’s simply meant to go gradual, or no matter. That is actually a well-rounded shoe.
For those who have a look at a few of their different footwear, just like the Salomon S/Lab Pulsar or the Salomon S/Lab Extremely fashions, they could be a little bit slim — right here’s our Salomon S/Lab Pulsar 2 evaluation and Salomon S/Lab Extremely 3 v2 evaluation for a have a look at the present editions of those shoe fashions. Once you have a look at the underside of this shoe, it has a fairly good width to it, so I believe it suits extra ft. It’s acquired a extra steady platform to it. I believe while you’re excited about a do-it-all shoe, that is the componentry you’d need.
It’s acquired a fairly well-fitting higher and velocity lacing, which is doubtlessly controversial relying on what you want in laces. However it does a fairly good job of constructing a pleasant wrap total round your foot. It’s not too heavy, it’s not too gentle, it’s not overly protecting, and the lugs aren’t overly aggressive. It checks a variety of bins for being a shoe that covers a variety of floor.
My solely gripe, and this isn’t only for this shoe, however Salomon footwear typically, is I really feel like they’re a extremely attention-grabbing combine of getting these rugged outsoles whereas not likely giving a ton of safety. And the Sense Experience 5 isn’t any completely different. If in case you have a delicate foot, you’re most likely not going to love this shoe over prolonged durations of time on actually technical and pokey terrain.
I really feel, like the opposite footwear of their steady that don’t have the Profeel Movie, that while you step on one thing within the midfoot space, you are likely to really feel it. That may very well be a superb factor or a nasty factor. For those who like floor really feel, you’re going to get that out of an 8-millimeter drop shoe with a fairly good cushion. I do assume that helps with going quicker and proprioception and feeling all these issues. However when you step into longer extremely distance, I acquired some fatigue from technical terrain, particularly on actually lengthy downhills.
It is a general-purpose shoe. For those who’re going to be on actually heavy terrain — technical, aggressive, pokey, jagged — that is perhaps not precisely the precise shoe.
Questions, feedback, go away these beneath this video. Thanks for watching. We’ll catch you subsequent time.
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